Brief Synopsis - bought an old cottage that had been empty for 2 years - edge of a valley so the front is 2 story and the back is 1 storey. (Bit damp at the back) The old dear who lived here had an extension put on in the '82...
The problem i've got is - the decorators at the time painted the raw plaster with silk emulsion with no spash coat and then covered the whole house including the ceiling, beams and everything that didn't move on the day in a particularly attractive blown vinal wallpaper and to add insult to injury, every single edge was sealed with mastic!
I've tried seamers - lost most of the wall in the process... won't do that again
I've scraped for England - some of it comes off and comes off down to the raw plaster but leaves bits of paint.
I've sanded the remnants that won't scrape off, but I can see if I skim over this it'll will blister - HELP
The whole house is like this...[/b]
The problem i've got is - the decorators at the time painted the raw plaster with silk emulsion with no spash coat and then covered the whole house including the ceiling, beams and everything that didn't move on the day in a particularly attractive blown vinal wallpaper and to add insult to injury, every single edge was sealed with mastic!
I've tried seamers - lost most of the wall in the process... won't do that again
I've scraped for England - some of it comes off and comes off down to the raw plaster but leaves bits of paint.
I've sanded the remnants that won't scrape off, but I can see if I skim over this it'll will blister - HELP
The whole house is like this...[/b]